Boulder sheriff: Fishermen rescued from woods northeast of Allenspark

Two men were preparing to spend freezing night in forest area

Two fishermen who were reportedly lost in the western Boulder County foothills Friday night, as temperatures dropped below freezing, were found safe, according to the Sheriff's Office.

Gary Sims, of Texas, and Eric Edwards, of Colorado, were reported missing by Sims' wife at about 7:40 p.m. Friday after the two men did not return home from a fishing trip before dinner as planned, according to the Sheriff's Office.

The men were believed to be in the Johnny Park area of the Roosevelt National Forest, about six miles northeast of Allenspark, but officials had limited information.

After finding a vehicle later confirmed to belong to one of them on Boulder County Road 82E, about 1.5 miles east of Parachute Hill Road in the Allenspark area, rescue officials decided to conduct a nighttime search for the men, in light of the dangerously cold and wet conditions.

Crews from the Boulder County Sheriff's Office of Emergency Services, the Rocky Mountain Rescue Group and Front Range Rescue Dogs participated in the search. Rocky Mountain Rescue Group members found the men uninjured and in good condition Friday night and helped lead them out of the woods, according the Sheriff's Office.

Before their rescue, the men were preparing to spend the night in the woods after darkness set in Friday so they would not get lost, the Sheriff's Office said.

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